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Karl Marx monument, Highgate Cemetery, LondonThe monument to Karl Marx above his grave in Highgate Cemetery, North London. Seen here on a rainy day, with sightseers holding umbrellas
Compton Mackenzie, novelist and nationalistCompton Mackenzie (Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, 1883-1972), English-born Scottish novelist and nationalist. Aside from his writing he also worked as an actor
Karl Marx with Friedrich Engels and family membersKarl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary (right)
Charlie Chaplin and Max Linder in HollywoodCharlie Chaplin (1889-1977), comic actor, film star and director, with Max Linder (1883-1925), French pioneer of silent film, comedian, writer and director
Clement Richard Attlee giving a speechClement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951. Seen here giving a speech on behalf of the Labour Party
Clement Richard Attlee, Armistice Day processionClement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951
Karl Marx, German political writer and revolutionaryKarl Marx (1818-1883), German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist and revolutionary. Seen here in later years with white hair and beard. Date: 1882
Jenny Marx Longuet, first daughter of Karl MarxJenny Marx Longuet (1844-1883), nicknamed Jennychen, first daughter of Karl Marx, seen here in a studio photograph, holding a book. She married Charles Longuet, a French journalist, in 1872
Prince Arthur of Connaught with his familyPrince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938)with his wife Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (1891-1959) and their only son, Alastair Arthur, Earl of Macduff, 2nd Duke of Connaught (1914-1943)
Visitors (on right) to the Christmas Cattle Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, admiring a prize winning bull. Date: 1883
Series of sketches showing Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (1864 - 1892), involved in a series of sporting activities while at Cambridge University
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Die Walkre (The Valkyrie), first day of the four operas Der Ring des Nibelungen
IVAN TURGENEV DEADIVAN SERGEYEVICH TURGENEV Russian writer on his deathbed Date: 1818 - 1883
KRAKATOA/CORPSES 1883The day after the eruption, a sailing vessel makes its way through a sea of floating corpses Date: 26-8 August 1883
TREASURE ISLAND/ISRAELThe death of Israel Hands: "the coxswain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds, & plunged head first into the water." Date: First published: 1883
TREASURE ISLE/TOM MORGANLong John Silver questions Tom Morgan: "Do you call that a head on your shoulders, or a blessed dead-eye?". Date: First published: 1883
CHILD'S FUNERAL, FRANCEA child's funeral, Paris Date: 1883
DECEASED WIFE'S SISTERThe DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER'S BILL is pushed through Parliament by Lord Dalhousie, allowing a man to marry his dead wife's sister if he chooses and she agrees Date: 1883
Vampire of VinezacLE VAMPIRE DE VINEZAC Janssouint, gravedigger of Vinezac, is caught doing things that our pen refuses to recount Date: 1883
New York: view of the East River Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge). New York approach on the left of the image; Brooklyn approach on the right. Date: C.1883
Sketches at the Apple Congress at Chiswick. Date: 1883
Rioting in Canton, 1883The rioting in Canton - Shamien, the foreign settlement, the scene of the recent disturbance. 1. river frontage, 2. foreign consular offices, 3. English church, 4. bridge approach to settlement, 5
New York City Hall Square and Park Row, USA Date: 1883
New York, East River Bridge, USA Date: 1883
New York Post Office, USA Date: 1883
Panorama of New York, USA Date: 1883
Advert for corkscrews Date: 1883
President of EcuadorVintage 19th century photograph: Mario Ignacio Francisco Tomas Antonio de Veintemilla y Villacis (July 31, 1828 - July 19, 1908) was President of Ecuador September 8, 1876 to January 10, 1883
General Sir Richard England, army officerVintage 19th century photograph: General Sir Richard England, GCB, KH (1793 - 19 January 1883) was a British Army officer, born at Detroit, which was then part of Upper Canada
General Henry Robinson-Montague, 6th Baron RokebyVintage 19th century photograph: General Henry Robinson-Montague, 6th Baron Rokeby, GCB (2 February 1798 - 25 May 1883) was a senior British Army officer of the 19th century
Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMGVintage 19th century photograph: Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMG (10 April 1803 - 19 March 1883) was a British military officer
Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone (1796 - 1883), British banker and politician. Date: 1883
Prince of Wales laying foundation stone of Indian InstituteThe Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), as Grand Master of Freemasons, laying the foundation stone for the Indian Institute in Oxford. Date: 1883
Entrance to the Jardin de Paris, 1883. Fashionable women in bonnets, shawls, dresses with flounces and parasols. At the entrance to an evening entertainment in a Paris park
Webbs passenger engine. 3 cylinder compound, side elevation locomotive no 300, Crewe Works. Scale 1.5 inches:1 foot. Signed F W Webb 10/1/83, and embossed Henry Chapman, 113 Victoria Street
Letter from William Prime Marshall to Walter Raleigh BrowneLetter, 7 Dec 1883 from William Prime Marshall to Walter Raleigh Browne accompanying an explanation of James Watts Sculpture copying machinery (eidograph) - see BAW/14/001-2. Date: circa 1809
Cartoon portrait, Tom Swinburne, actorCartoon portrait, Thomas Swinburne, actor -- Old Tom. 1883
Cartoon, Another Juliet. Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot
Cartoon, F W Irish, actorCartoon, F W Irish (Warm). He appeared alongside Henry Irving in various productions at the Lyceum Theatre, London. 1883
The Comet, early paddle steamerThe Comet, an early paddle steamer, built in 1812 in Scotland, the first commercially successful steamboat service in Europe, operating on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock
Guy Fawkes procession on bonfire night. 19th century
Henry Welby, the Grub Street Hermit. He managed to live in solitude in the middle of London. 16th century
Exhibition of needlework by Mary Linwood, LondonExhibition of needlework by Mary Linwood (1755-1845) at Old Savile House, Leicester Square, London. early 19th century
Dr Garencieres, translator of NostradamusDr Theophilus de GarenciÞ▓Ñs (1610-1680), French apothecary and translator of Nostradamus into English (1672). 17th century
Richard Tarleton, popular performer in Elizabethan theatreRichard Tarleton (or Tarlton, ?-1588), popular performer in the Elizabethan theatre. 16th century
Crossing the dateline, marine ceremonies
Beating the Bounds in LondonBeating the bounds in London - an old custom. 1883
Almanac Day at Stationers Hall, LondonAlmanac Day at Stationers Hall, City of London, in late November, when the next years almanacs went on sale. Porters would take the bags of books all over the country. 19th century
